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The Custom Crew and Johnny Lightning Collaboration Sneak Peek Photos!
A few weeks ago I posted about The Custom Crew’s Luis Tanahara and his design collaboration with Johnny Lightning. At the end of that article I hinted that we might be seeing additional collaborations between the two, and now is time to start sharing! Click any image to see them up close! As you [...]
“Big Lou” Tanahara lends design talents to Johnny Lightning
Diecast designer and artist, Luis Tanahara has worked in many places over the course of his career. His designs can be found on a variety of Hot Wheels and he virtually built Jada Toy’s diecast line from the ground up. Of course, these days he’s the creative force behind The Sledster and The Custom Crew [...]
SUMMER SMASH 2: Joe Kelly Jr. & Luis Tanahara
Joe Kelly Jr. from The Car Room Magazine talks to Luis Tanahara from The Custom Crew about their Sledster II designs and what collectors can expect to see throughout the rest of the year. Thanks again to Ralph Riccardi for manning the camera and all the great editing!
Saturday Nitro – Live from Hot Wheels Summer Smash 2!
Despite the 1 hour delay due to technical difficulties (ala crazy hotel internet) we managed to bang out the first ever Saturday Nitro with a live studio audience! It definitely added a little extra excitement to the show that brought things to a whole new level. We also tried live streaming some video, but had [...]
The Sold-Out Shane Tribute Sledster Revealed
It pretty easy to see why the special limited edition Shane Tribute Sledster sold out so quickly now that the official design has been revealed. The graphics designed by Luis Tanahara and the paint and artwork application will be completed by Sheri Abbey. This limited run was being produced for the October Hot Wheels Convention [...]
Saturday Nitro – The Hotlanta Re-Cap Show
This time we have a special round-table style, two-hour re-cap of the DiecastSpace.com Hotlanta Collector Experience with special guests Joe Altieri, Lou Tanahara, Eric Tscherne and Joe Kelly Jr. Each guest brings a unique perspective to their experiences at the convention. We even devote some time talking about the potential the next Collector Experience will [...]
2009 Super Convention: The People
One thing certainly became apparent as I was going through the process of grouping my convention photos together. I didn’t take as many photos of the convention attendees as I thought! Guess I’ll make a mental note about that for Reston. With that being said, here’s my set of various folks that I managed to [...]
